The Portuguese composer shares a visualiser for a track from her new album Vou Ficar Neste Quadrado
In her recent interview in The Wire 483, musician and visual artist Ana Lua Caiano explains how her own musical style results from a long-lasting relationship with the songs of Portuguese singers related to the 1974 Carnation Revolution – such as Zeca Afonso, Sérgio Godinho, Fausto Bordalo Dias, José Mario Branco and Celeste Rodrigues – paired with a later absorption of experimental electronic music by the likes of Silver Apples and Laurie Anderson.
Continuing the tradition of telling and reinterpreting the struggles of everyday life through song, Caiano refers to her music as a mirror of reality: “I reflect a lot on the reality that I live in,” the Lisbon based artist tells Shane Woolman. “Of course, the stories aren’t really mine because I get inspired by the news, by things that I hear, by my friends.”
But then of course I try not to say things in a completely obvious way,” she continues, “I try to make up stories and make up characters, but it’s related to some real themes. You could say the guideline to the album is that it’s very related to people’s daily problems.”
This video, directed by Joana Caiano, accompanies the track “Cansada” from Caiano's release Vou Ficar Neste Quadrado, released by Glitterbeat.
Read Shane Woolman's interview with Ana Lua Caiano in full in The Wire 483. The article is also available online to Wire subscribers via the digital library of back issues.
